Line guide



S. LAWSON LINE GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, I92].

1 3 5, 3 1 6 Patented Nov. 14, 1922;

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provision of a guide whereby asingle driver -may control two sets ofdraft animals at the same time, especially when attached toriding'breaking plows,the driver occupying the seat of the rear plow anddriving a team attached to an additional plow forwardly of the one uponwhichhe is riding.

' A further feature of the invention is'in so constructing the guidemechanism'flthat it may be'atta'ched to various makes of plows and maybeadjusted at various feights, as

occasion may require".

A further feature of theiinvention is the provision of adjustablerollers over which; the lines from the forward team pass, said rollersproperly guiding the lines and caus ing them to have free movementlengthwise at all times. I s i Other objectsan'd advantages will behereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out 80 in theaccompanying.specification.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plo showing the guide mechanismattached thereto, I f

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of theguide mechanism with the lowerportion thereof broken away, 3

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the guide, mechanism showing the mannerof attaching the same to the seat portion of the plow, a

' Figure 4c is a front elevation of the upper portion of the guidemechanism, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view as seen line 5 5, Figure 2. I p y Referringto: the accompanying drawings, 1 indi-catesa plow structure which may beof any suitable make and known as a riding breaking plow, 2 indicatesthe beam portion of the plow to which is attached the usual form of moldboard 3 and to parts of the beam are connected a spring seat 4. v

In order to enable, a single driver to con-- trol two teams and twobreaking-plows at the same time, one following the other, means isprovided for guiding and supporting-the Application -filed May 15, 1921.Serial m-avtap 1 'ers 18, the forward edge of the frame113havattached tothe standard 5 by forming elon-' line'sor reins attachedto the forwardteam,"

and to readily accomplishthis result-a stand-Q ard 5 is attached toparts ofthe1beam2 by extending a bolt, 6 through the :foot portion ofthe standard is held in; rigid connection with the seat portion 4:through the medium of a bolt 8, one end of the bolt having-{a h'ook9which,engages with parts ofthejseat 4, asbest shown in Figure 3 ofthedrawingst the opposite end of the bolt' extending- I through anelongated slot 10 in the standard and having-a: nutll threaded thereon.y

=C'o-operat1ng withthe, standard 5 is! a 7 0 I therein verticalrollers-16j'which;areap ref erably arranged in pairs and-between whichI'the lines pass, as" best shown in Figure 12 of the drawings, saidrollers being mounted T in the frame 13in any suitable manner, butpreferably by adjusting screws 17'. The lines 15 also passoverhorizontally arranged rolli s5 ing ears 19 projectingforwardlytherefrom between which the rollers 18 are mounted,

a bolt 20 passing length-wisei through the i rollers 18, the ends ofwhich are supported: 1

9o 1 era'bly separated byvmeans o'f washers 14: 0 11" 1 by adjustingscrews 21. The rollers are pref the bolt 20. I 1 v As the drafta nimalsor teams are of different heights, the shank :12 is ajdjusta-bly gatedslots 22through the meetingends of the 'standardand shank and throughthese v slots is extendeda locking bolt 23 for holding the shank inadjusted .relationwith-the standard and the meeting faces of the shankcorrugations 24,-as shown in Figure 5, these corrugations interlocking;with each other and holding the frame 13 against lateral swingingmovement when, the shank and standard are properlyclamped together.Bypassing the reins 15 through the frame 13 over the rollers 18 andbetween the pairs of rollersl6, the movementof said lines will be freelengthwise in whatever position thetdraft animals may be tothe driver'onthe rear plow and the movementofthe ani-,

e0 '7 of the ;'standard while thevertical portion through this frame,and in tater-to properly guide the lines, the'yfr-ame z has mountede;

and standard are preferably provided with for tachedto the rearplow, assaid lines will pass over the heads of the animals attached to the rearplow.

It will. likewise be" seen that this device can be very cheaplymanufactured and will be practically indestructible from use as-thevarious parts'thereof may be readily adjusted to compensate for anywear- Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

, 1; The combination with a plow having a beam and a seat, of alineguide comprisa standard having an angularly extendfoot at-its lowerend.,means for attach said foot to parts of said beam, means connectingsaid standard to said seat, a

. frame connected to the upper end of said standard, and guiderollerscarried by said frame.

The combination with a plow having a beam and a seat, of a line guidecomprising a standard having a Tlgllbkfllglllal foot at its lower end,abolt for attachi-ng said foot 3. In a iine guide, a standard -a shank,a

belt for adjustably connecting said shank with the standard, said shankand standard having aligning elongated slots for the reception ofsaidbolt, the meeting faces of said standard and shank having);corrugations and the upper end of said'shank being bifurcated; a framecarried by the bifurcated end of said shank, vertically and horizontallyarranged rollers carried by the frame for supporting and guiding linespassing through the frame, and screws engaging the ends of said rollersfor adjustingthem lengthwise.

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand and seal at Kolromo,Indiana, this 22nd day of April A; D. nineteen hundred and twenty-one-SYLVESTER LAWSON. [1 s 1 Witnesses: z

H. F. VAGNER,1 J. WILLARD BALL.

